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weeds |
3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: weeds n 1: a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning [syn: {widow's weeds}] 2: a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning [syn: {mourning band}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: weeds n. 1. Refers to development projects or algorithms that have no possible relevance or practical application. Comes from `off in the weeds'. Used in phrases like "lexical analysis for microcode is serious weeds...." 2. At CDC/ETA before its demise, the phrase `go off in the weeds' was equivalent to IBM's {branch to Fishkill} and mainstream hackerdom's {jump off into never-never land}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: weeds 1. Refers to development projects or {algorithm}s that have no possible relevance or practical application. Comes from "off in the weeds". Used in phrases like "lexical analysis for {microcode} is serious weeds." 2. At {CDC}/{ETA} before its demise, the phrase "go off in the weeds" was equivalent to {IBM}'s {branch to Fishkill} and mainstream hackerdom's {jump off into never-never land}. [{Jargon File}]
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